I hear a lot that I should just be making a fan character for my fics, and have it be an OC, because I put too much characterization on the main character. The only issue is that, well, that’s simply not how I enjoy writing things like this.
I don’t like writing a complete blank slate of emotions and physicality, because I find it boring. I like working with characters, and a typical (Y/N) would feel like a void in my story rather than a character.
But the issue is, I don’t want to write an OC x Character Fanfiction, because that’s not my goal. I want to write a reader insert, and I’m not concerned about doing it properly, because I still value the story over relatability.
I might mess around with blank slate style characters in the future, but at the end of the day, I write characters, and (Y/N) is gonna be a character. You wanna see them as yourself? Awesome! That’s what I had in mind while writing it. You wanna see them as just being a character separate from you? That’s fine too! They’re just a character.
Anyways, rant over. I’ll see you guys in the first chapter of my next Fanfiction.